Enrollment
250
Elementary
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 080336000372
Hallett Academy
2950 JASMINE STREET, DENVER, CO 80207 · (720) 424-6070 · Denver County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL250 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Colorado public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
204 students
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (32).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
17.0%
CO avg 44.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
9.1%
CO avg 36.1% . -14.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 9.1% |
| 2023-24 | 15.3% | 23.5% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.2%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Colorado's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hallett Academy
Hallett Academy's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hallett Academy this school | 250 | 81.6% | 17.1% |
| Whittier ECE-8 School DENVER | 242 | 88.4% | 18.2% |
| University Prep - Arapahoe St. DENVER | 313 | 89.8% | 16.9% |
| Aurora Academy Charter School AURORA | 536 | 73.9% | 40.3% |
| Rocky Mountain Prep Creekside DENVER | 637 | 85.9% | 47.0% |
| Lowry Elementary School DENVER | 400 | 74.8% | 25.9% |
Matched among Colorado elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hallett Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In Denver County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #820 of 931 | #75 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.1% | #898 of 940 ▼ 252 | #98 of 108 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #866 of 946 ▲ 6 | #85 of 109 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 250 | #831 of 1,056 | #99 of 114 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #34 of 896 | #4 of 107 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #298 of 896 | #46 of 107 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #137 of 983 | #52 of 114 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #176 of 200 | #40 of 45 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
250
-23 (-8%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 250 | 21.9 | 11.4:1 | 82% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 22.6 | 11.8:1 | 83% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 238 | 20 | 11.9:1 | 89% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 86% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 245 | 19.8 | 12.4:1 | 89% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 332 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 88% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | 85% (307) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 19 | 19.1:1 | 45% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 23 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hallett Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (245 to 250); teachers up 11% (19.8 to 21.9).
About Hallett Academy
Hallett Academy is an elementary school in DENVER, Colorado, and it is part of Denver Public Schools. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 250 students. It has 34% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Colorado (about 379).
Denver Public Schools is the district for Hallett Academy. It has 198 schools and 90,471 students.
Federal enrollment data show Hallett Academy is 62% Black. The next largest groups are 20% Hispanic, 9% White, and 8% multiracial. The school's Black share is 53 points above the 9% share among Denver County residents. A diversity index of 56% means there is a 56% chance two randomly chosen students at Hallett Academy are from different groups.
The school has 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Colorado have an average ratio of 16.6:1. The school reported 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Denver County average 63%.
On the allk12 Grade, Hallett Academy lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Colorado public elementary schools.
Hallett Academy is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (17.1% versus 17.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Colorado.
American Community Survey estimates for Denver County show that the median household earns about $94,718 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Denver County has 206 public schools with about 91,233 students, including Hallett Academy.
Hallett Academy's nearest public school is McAuliffe International School (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 56.6%; Hallett Academy's is 17.1%, ranking 8th of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
The school's enrollment fell 8% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 14.4:1 to 11.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Denver County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,877
Census ACS
Median income
$94,718
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
206
91,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Denver Public Schools
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Other schools in DENVER
- East High SchoolHigh · 2,476 students
- Northfield High SchoolHigh · 2,137 students
- South High SchoolHigh · 1,950 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,653 students
- Thomas Jefferson High SchoolHigh · 1,390 students
- McAuliffe International SchoolMiddle · 1,329 students
Nearby schools
- McAuliffe International School0.4 mi · 1,329
- Smith Elementary School0.5 mi · 457
- Stedman Elementary School0.7 mi · 447
- Odyssey School of Denver0.9 mi · 318
- Denver School of the Arts1.1 mi · 1,044
- Swigert International School1.1 mi · 673
Frequently asked questions
About Hallett AcademyHow large is Hallett Academy?
Hallett Academy enrolls approximately 250 students in grades PK-05.
Is Hallett Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hallett Academy is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Hallett Academy have?
Hallett Academy employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Hallett Academy?
Student demographics at Hallett Academy are roughly 9% White, 20% Hispanic, 62% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Hallett Academy in?
Hallett Academy is part of Denver Public Schools.
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